Shoes may change the structure of our ankle bonesTue, 06 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000 Wearing shoes seems to affect the density and volume of a spongy network within a bone in our ankles, which could affect the validity of previous research into the evolution of walking | |
The telescope that could reveal what dark matter and dark energy areTue, 06 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000 The Roman telescope is NASA’s newest space observatory. Every 10 months, it will get the equivalent of about 1000 years' worth of Hubble observations. Will it find the answers to our questions about dark matter and dark energy? | |
Impossibly fast-moving stars are revealing the Milky Way’s mysterious heartTue, 06 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Near the centre of the Milky Way, a swarm of stars hurtles around a supermassive black hole at extraordinary speeds. Studying them could be the key to understanding our galaxy | |
The most ambitious ideas to save the world from El NiñoTue, 06 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 A monster El Niño is brewing in the Pacific Ocean – but there may be ways we can stop the worst impacts from occurring | |
Nobel prize in physics awarded for discovery of high-energy neutrinosTue, 06 Oct 2026 10:26:02 +0000 The 2026 Nobel prize in physics has been won by Francis Halzen for his work on neutrinos, which serve as 'ghost-like messengers from the cosmos' | |
Extinct yak relative discovered from DNA in Denisova caveMon, 05 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Genetic analysis of hundreds of tiny bone fragments found in the same cave that yielded the first fossil remains of the Denisovans has revealed that the region was once also home to a previously unknown species of yak | |
Can we harness the brain’s deep-cleaning system to prevent Alzheimer’s?Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000 The glymphatic system is the brain's recently discovered network for flushing out toxins. Now, we're uncovering surprising ways to boost it to protect brain health | |
AI finds bafflingly complex but beautiful symmetrical Venn diagramMon, 05 Oct 2026 14:40:13 +0000 Creating rotationally symmetrical Venn diagrams of increasing size is a long-standing mathematical challenge - now an amateur has used AI to generate the largest ones yet | |
Nearly 200 people isolated after lab worker in Russia dies of plagueMon, 05 Oct 2026 14:19:15 +0000 A lab accident is said to have led to the death of a woman from pneumonic plague in the Irkutsk region of Siberia, leading to nearly 200 possible contacts being put under observation | |
Compressing bones releases molecules that ease traumatic brain injuriesMon, 05 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Pressing down on shin bones improved cognitive and motor symptoms in mice and pigs with traumatic brain injuries | |